[RE-wrenches] After market SMA TL inverter shade covers

[Garrison Riegel]

We built one recently out of Unistrut and corrugated roofing, which worked well.  See photo attached.  Not the best picture but you get the idea.

It’s becoming more popular to install these inverters on a rack at the array and SMA even encourages it with their ReadyRack<http://www.sma-america.com/products/solarinverters/sma-readyrack.html> solution.  I’m not aware of a shade cover they include for this so it seems they are OK with mounting the TriPower in direct sunlight.  I think time will tell if this is a “best practice”.

Garrison

Garrison Riegel
PV Manager | Solar Service Inc<http://www.solarserviceinc.com/>
[p] 847-677-0950 | garrison at solarserviceinc.com<mailto:garrison at solarserviceinc.com>

NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional™


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Subject: [RE-wrenches] After market SMA TL inverter shade covers

Has anyone used or had success with any kind of a shade cover?.. specifically for the SMA TL inverters?  We have one that is going to get hit by the sun pretty good.


Thanks!


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